transcendence
Example Sentences
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Many fans have moved on as well, some perhaps deciding there’s more musical transcendence and power in one Beethoven sonata than in the entire rock catalog.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Mozart turns redemption into transcendence in “Figaro,” as a jealous yet philandering count finds his soul.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
The magic of this “Salome” is its transcendence of silliness into acceptance.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
His involvement grew serious after her death from cancer in 1972, and in “The Snow Leopard” his customarily graceful observations of nature shimmer with mystical meditations on grief, transcendence and enlightenment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
We have a higher self, a capacity for transcendence.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing transcendence
Talk Like Shakespeare Day, List 8
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The Fire Next Time
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I'll Give You the Sun
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